The Texas Risk Mitigation Leadership Forum was heralded as a major success as over 240 attendees gathered in Austin, Texas for a wide ranging discussion centered around the policy and public safety issues associated with making Texas and other states more disaster resistant.

Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst delivered a keynote address in which he called for public-private cooperation in addressing natural disasters. National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read also delivered a key note address in which he applauded delegates for their push to make Texas and other states more disaster resistant.

Other highlights of the Forum included panel discussions on:

Examining the perils threatening Texas

Understanding public policies, including
Federal legislation and building codes